Patterson purge

Patterson purge
Illegal leases
of lands cited
i Oct. 1, 1943,
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 11—W—The chief of
the parks.divisipn of the State Conservation Department,
James L. Segrest, was fired today in a widening purge by
the new Patterson administration.
Segrest, who had held the job s
was the sixth employe of i
the department to get the a;
since Gov. John Patters,
took office three weeks ago.
He was fired In a seven-page
letter from Conservation Director Claude D. Kellry accusing
him of dereliction of duty and
"complete disregard for public
interest and the trust placed in
Segrest. a state employe
1939, declined to comment i
KELLEY ACCUSED Segrest of
permitting illegal contracts to be
ut into effect for the use of
tate land and failure to enforce
ontractors for cutting of state
mber on other property.
AU of the charges referred
transactions during the Folsom
administration.
"You have entered into numerous long-term leases on
state property, ranging from
five to 90 years," Kelley's let-
, the
msideration to the state is w
fully inadequate."
The director charged that "p
tically every public park, lake
and recreation
under the supervision and control
of your division has been leased
for long periods of time.
KELLEY TOLD SEGREST also
that "you hav
in an attempt
the state's lands and parks for
many years and have made it
extremely difficult for subsequent
administrations to operate . . .as
required by law."
The letter mentioned several
contracts and leases on parks
and other recreation areas, and
singled nut a 90-year lease on
land at Gulf State Park.
A contract with Tri-State Corp.
was signed Sept. 4, 1956. for 3000
acres in the park area for devel-
ment by the Florida
ley called the lease a "fraud upon
the state of Alabama," the same
charge made by Patterson when,
as attorney general, he filed a
court suit seeking to set the lease
KELLEY SAID the contract
"takes one of the finest park
areas in Alabama ai
JAMES L. SEGREST
. . . Fired parks director
ja away from citi-
it over to private
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Patterson purge
Illegal leases
of lands cited
i Oct. 1, 1943,
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 11—W—The chief of
the parks.divisipn of the State Conservation Department,
James L. Segrest, was fired today in a widening purge by
the new Patterson administration.
Segrest, who had held the job s
was the sixth employe of i
the department to get the a;
since Gov. John Patters,
took office three weeks ago.
He was fired In a seven-page
letter from Conservation Director Claude D. Kellry accusing
him of dereliction of duty and
"complete disregard for public
interest and the trust placed in
Segrest. a state employe
1939, declined to comment i
KELLEY ACCUSED Segrest of
permitting illegal contracts to be
ut into effect for the use of
tate land and failure to enforce
ontractors for cutting of state
mber on other property.
AU of the charges referred
transactions during the Folsom
administration.
"You have entered into numerous long-term leases on
state property, ranging from
five to 90 years," Kelley's let-
, the
msideration to the state is w
fully inadequate."
The director charged that "p
tically every public park, lake
and recreation
under the supervision and control
of your division has been leased
for long periods of time.
KELLEY TOLD SEGREST also
that "you hav
in an attempt
the state's lands and parks for
many years and have made it
extremely difficult for subsequent
administrations to operate . . .as
required by law."
The letter mentioned several
contracts and leases on parks
and other recreation areas, and
singled nut a 90-year lease on
land at Gulf State Park.
A contract with Tri-State Corp.
was signed Sept. 4, 1956. for 3000
acres in the park area for devel-
ment by the Florida
ley called the lease a "fraud upon
the state of Alabama," the same
charge made by Patterson when,
as attorney general, he filed a
court suit seeking to set the lease
KELLEY SAID the contract
"takes one of the finest park
areas in Alabama ai
JAMES L. SEGREST
. . . Fired parks director
ja away from citi-
it over to private
!e 4. Column 3 j